Lord Bassam of Brighton: The electronic record of the e-Borders programme will contain passenger data submitted to the e-Borders system by air, sea and rail carriers in advance of their travelling in to or out of the UK. For each passenger, this will include the eight key fields of biographical data held in their travel document (name, place and date of birth, gender, nationality, passport number, date of issue and expiry date) details of the specific journey being undertaken, and passenger reservation details where the carrier has been required to supply this.
	The system will also contain the results of the risk assessment performed on the passenger and details of their compliance with UK Immigration rules.
	Full operating capability is scheduled to be completed in 2014.

Lord Bassam of Brighton: No Nepalese Ministers attended this meeting, only officials from the Government of Nepal. An e.mail was sent to the Nepalese Ministry of Foreign Affairs on 9 January to ask whether it was content with amendments to the meeting record, and for further clarification on a point of law. This has been acknowledged and a response is expected in due course.

Lord Bassam of Brighton: Internal management information shows that in October 2006 there were approximately 7,730 failed asylum applicants with dependent children receiving support from the Home Office Immigration and Nationality Directorate (IND).
	The estimated annual cost of IND support for these families is around £150 million.
	In 2006, 570 families of asylum seekers or failed asylum seekers applied for assisted voluntary returns. Our records do not show whether all of these families were receiving support from IND.
	No figures are available centrally on the number of cases supported by local authorities on the basis of Section 21 of the National Assistance Act 1948. (All numbers of asylum seekers have been rounded to the nearest five.)

Lord Bassam of Brighton: All temporary release licences include a condition prohibiting the offender from consuming alcohol. In exceptional cases—for example, temporary release to a marriage or religious ceremony—this condition may be omitted from the licence depending on the assessment of risk. There is no centrally maintained record of cases where this licence condition has been omitted. Data on the number of releases on temporary licence is published in Home Office Statistical Bulletin Offender Management Caseload Statistics 2005.
	Prisoners are not granted temporary release without first passing a rigorous risk assessment. This includes the consideration of the prisoner's criminal history and factors which may have contributed to the offending behaviour, such as any history of alcohol or drugs abuse.
	Further details of the policy relating to temporary release are set out in Prison Service Order 6300 Release on Temporary Licence, a copy of which is available on the Prison Service website at www.hmprisonservice.gov.uk.

Baroness Andrews: The North West Regional Assembly has submitted some proposed wording changes to the text of the "Living in the North West" section of the draft submitted North West Regional Spatial Strategy for the independent panel to consider at the current examination in public. This section includes proposed regional policies and supporting text on housing, health, sport, recreation, culture and education.
	The proposed changes include the deletion of the word "decent", and the addition of the words "high quality" concerning the list of services provided by public and private means, and the addition of "places of worship, cemeteries" in the list itself. The guidance on propriety states that Her Majesty's Government and officials are unable to enter into discussions with interested parties on the draft strategy during the examination or while consideration is being given to the panel's report.
	The content of other English Regions' draft RSSs is a matter initially for their regional assemblies, and is subject to the same statutory process.

Lord Rooker: There is sufficient landfill capacity to meet current waste arisings. Future capacity is difficult to predict. However, a number of Government policies are designed significantly to reduce the amount of waste being sent to landfill.
	More challenging waste targets, progressively lower landfill limits and the escalating landfill tax will all help the UK to move away from its reliance on landfill. These measures will also encourage more sustainable waste management through greater reduction, reuse and recycling.